Athena 'tennis girl' dress fetches 15K pounds

The 1970s iconic Athena 'tennis girl' dress has fetched 15,500 pounds at auction.

The unique handmade dress with lace trim was made famous in a photograph taken by the late Martin Elliott featuring his then-girlfriend Fiona Butler, the Daily Express reported.

Fieldings Auctioneers, which offered the dress as a part of a lot which included the tennis racquet confirmed the dress had smashed its 2,000 pounds estimate.

The then 18-year-old Ms Butler was immortalised in a cheeky pose walking away from the camera, with her right hand grasping a tennis racquet and the left resting on her backside and the poster went on to sell more than two million copies worldwide.